About the day » Thursday July 8, 1779Calender converter

• Baukje Wybes de Vries, Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1855)
• Frids Zakes, Hallum
• Douwe Martensz, Boalsert, Súdwest Fryslân, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Charles Philip Ainslie († 1811)
• Antonie Willems Derks van den Brand, Zeeland (N.Br.) († 1858)
• Geertruid OLTHOF, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1840)
• Adriana DE VISSER, Tholen, Gemeente Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1812)
• Ferdinanda Hoebeke, Scheldewindeke
• Dirkje Hannissen Ruijsch, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1828)
• Geertje Jans, Sint Annaparochie, Nederland

• Maria Van Rompaey (53), Kontich
• Marya Hofstede, Reeuwijk (ZH NL)
• Aaltje Fransdr Pleijsier (75), Rijsoord, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes de Jong (0), Berkel-Enschot, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Dirkje Terweij (0), Maarsen
• Duke Robert Bertie IV of Ancaster-Kesteven (22), Grimsthorpe
• Johannes de Jong (6), Berkel-Enschot, the Netherlands
• N.N. (80)
• Johan Boeije (58), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Johannes Meeuwese Meuwise, Amsterdam

• 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
• 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
• 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
• 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
• 1830 » Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1915)
• 1831 » John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola († 1888)
• 1836 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1914)
• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1838 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company († 1917)
• 1839 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company († 1937)

• 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
• 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
• 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
• 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
• 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
• 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Joannes
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Joanna
9. Adriana
10. Trijntje
11. Antje
12. Aaltje
13. Elizabeth
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Janna

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on July 8, 1779 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder.